Prepackaged beverages not in compliance with nutrition label rules
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Product name:
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Yuen Kut Lam's Box of Ginseng
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Place of origin:
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China
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Distributor:
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立刻好大藥房
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Net weight:
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60g
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Best Before:
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25/07/2021
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Non-compliant test parameters:
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Energy / Protein / Sugars Content
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Detected content:
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Energy: 273 (kcal / 100g)
Protein: 1.3 (g / 100g)
Sugars: 47.0 (g / 100g)
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Declared content:
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Energy: 199 (kcal / 100g)
Protein: 15.3 (g / 100g)
Sugars: 17.8 (g / 100g
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Sampling location:
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A retail shop at Sheung Wan
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Remarks:
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- The CFS has urged the trade to stop selling the incriminated batch of the affected product.
- Prosecution will be instituted should there be sufficient evidence.
- The CFS is tracing the distribution of the affected product.
- According to Section 61 of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance (Cap 132), if any person falsely describes a food or misleads as to the nature, substance or quality of the food on a label of the food sold by him, he shall be guilty of an offence and be liable to a maximum fine of $50,000 and six months' imprisonment upon conviction.
- The CFS will inform the trade, continue to follow up on the case and take appropriate action.
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END/ Monday, February 8, 2021